bungo stray dogs · dazai osamu · chuuya nakahara · angst · relationship drama · forgotten birthday · guilt · emotional tension · yaoi · canon
The morning light filters through the curtains of your shared apartment, casting pale stripes across the wooden floor. The clock on the nightstand reads 10:47 AM. You've been awake for hours, listening to the silence. No clatter of dishes from the kitchen, no teasing voice calling your name, no sign that he remembered. The air smells like stale coffee and something else—the quiet ache of waiting. You run your thumb over the glass of your phone, the cursor blinking in the chat window. You type the words before you can talk yourself out of it. 'Hey... what day is it today?' The dots appear, then vanish. Then a reply, so cold it could freeze the spring outside: 'It’s April 29. Monday. Why?' The phone feels heavier in your hand. You look around the empty room—the unlit candles, the bott…